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the litij;. Ssvoct-potatoos wore nevor liner — 50 per ccut. better than last year in quan- 

 tity and quality. Turnips far above an average. 



Hitmphreijs Count;/, Tciin. — Late crop ahnost a failure. Sweet-potatoes sliort, but 

 <iuality <^ood. 



Pocahontas Coioifi/, W. Va. — Product and quality affected by drought. 



Tyler County, TF. Va. — Product and quality better than last year; especially the Gar- 

 net and the Early Pose, the foraior yielding 160 bushels to the acre. 



Kicholas County, Ky. — Injured by drought ; the earliest the best. Sweet-potatoea 

 good. 

 • Andcrnon County, Ky. — As good a crop as ha-s been known in many years. 



Owen County, liy. — Large crop of sweet-potatoes; single potatoes weigliing G to S 

 pounds. 



U)iss(il County, Ey. — I Inxve lost more than half my potatoes from rot. 



Harrison County, Mo. — Very tine; worth 20 cents per bushel. 



Douglas County, Mo. — Bug lias done much damage; the yield much better than ex- 

 pected. 



Cole County, Mo. — Crop has suflered from the bug, the drought and rot, whieii latter 

 is rather severe in many fields. 



Dent County, Mo. — Bug destroyed the crop. 



Sangamon County, III.— Crop shortened by drought. S\veet-]>()tatoes improved l>y this 

 cause. 



Marshall County, III. — Only half a crop ; quality good. 



Champaign County, III. — Kearly an entire failure; drought. 



Dubois County, Inch — The bug and the drought reduced the crop materially. 



Coles County,' I ml— Ijarga fields failed to develop a single tuber. Causes, the bug and 

 the drought. In some instances where Paris green ^Yas used on early-planted crops 

 the yield is fair. 



EancocL County, Ind.—Croj) short in (puintity ; quality as good as last year. Bugs 

 injured the crop. 



Ripley County, ///rf.— Crop a little short, owing to the bug. The bugs came in such 

 force tljfat many farmers nmde no effort to destroy them, and they destroyed the vines 

 entirely. I made war upon them day after day and subdued them suSiciently to raise 

 a fair crop. I planted for early ])otatoes theEarly Rose, Early Goodrich, and White 

 Sprouts. The Early Eose and the Wliite Sprouts rotted badly after they were dug. 



Steuhcn County, Ind. — Poor crop; bug and drought. 



Harrison County, Ind. — Injured by dry weather and bugs. 



Pulaski County, /»rf.— Late crop "^good ; suffered little from the bug. Early crop in- 

 jured by the bug. Average, about 100 bushels per acre. By mauuring and careful 

 attention, with a fair season, 200 to HOO bushels per acre can be grown. 



I'en-y County, Ltd.— AW that were put in late have failed. The early crop was so fi_no 

 in quality and quantity as to increase the aggregate product. The acreage w^as in- 

 creased also. 



Lagrange County, J)if7.— The Peach Blow, being late, was injured by the bug and by 

 dry weather. Many are raising sweet-polatoes, fin- which our soil and climate appear 

 to be suited. 



Darke County. Ohio. — The largest and best crop ever raised here. 



Coshocton County. Ohio. — Best crop for nuvny years. 



Washington County, Ohio. — The Early Rose Uiade a good yield in some instances, but 

 the variety is not valued highly, except as an early potato. The Peach Blow, which 

 is our principal crop, wa.s stiiitcd in grov,th by the drought, and is consequently infe- 

 rior in quality. 



Beirien County, Mieh. — Good yield, owing to the free use of Paris green. (Quality 

 superior. 



Montcalm County, Alien. — Aiany farmers have not raiseil a potato. Selling at SI 2.'> 

 per bushel. 



Tuscola County, jl//</(.— Injured by the bug. The crop is a failure where the- bugs 

 • were left unmolested. Hand-picking and Paris green are the remedies principally 

 relied on. 



Ottawa County. Mich. — Injured l)y the bug, but Avhat we have are of good quality. 



Cass County, 'Mich.— Qunlity good. We are making encouraging headway against 

 the bugs. 



Waukesha County, Wis.— Cro-p a full average, and of good quality. The bugs appeared 

 to have destroyed them, but in three M'eeks nearly all the bugs disappeared. Some 

 persons insist that they picked and destroyed the bugs, but potatoes that were not so 

 picked over are as good as those that were. i 



Rice County, Minn. — Very large yield, and quality excellent. The first season in a 

 number of years that the crop has escaped the ravages of the bug. 



Goodhue County, Minn. — Not extensively planted, but the yield is mucli better than 

 for tv,o or three years jiast — less damage by bugs. 



